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The Time Line Technique In Counseling The Adoptive Families

Table 1:

Case Events related to adoption Group
A •parents divorced•alienation from mother (suspictions she wasn’t really a mother) •stepfather appears•thoughts that she will never have children•relationship difficulties in the second marriage 23232
B •death of grandfather•became unloved, lived in a border school•were visiting the orphanage, played with small children•got pregnant, lost a child •was working in a summer camp, met a fostered girl 13616
C •disability diagnosis of child, aborted the second pregnancy•mother-in-law died 12
D •was living away from parent until school•mother’s rejection•the beloved grandmother died•was looking the tv about orphanage 3316
E •married, acknowledged i wanted a child•doctors said i couldn’t survive the pregnancy 41
F •liked to play with small children•joint living with grandmother 53
G •birth of the second child•birth of the third child•moving to new apartment•started working•move to other city 44555
H •learned my terrible diagnosis•depression 22
I •we brought a big apartment in moscow•i joined the volunteers in tver’s orphanage 56
K •were visiting with others the orphanage on behalf of our organization 6
L •we moved, were lacking money, difficulties in renting apartment 2
M •had a call from cousin, she said there is a child in need of parents•husband had an accident 62
N •marriage, loved to be married•doctors couldn’t help to conceive 41
O •was thinking about orphans when was a girl•my dog disappeared, my rabbit was slain (at 10 y.o.)•were talking about adopted children with my husband•met girls without parents in a hospital 6166
P •distanced from my son, non-realised expectations•had problems with authorities, was left in peace, realised i had to do something good 12
R •university studies in preschool education•was raising a godson•marriage 554
S •many ugly situations in this period•live in orphanage 23
T •entrance in university•death of a grandmother•unsuccessful ivf•moved to a rented apartment 5225
U •entrance in university•death of grandmother 52
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